Red-hot inflation data validates the instinct of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to punt President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda until next year — potentially killing a quick deal on the $1.75 trillion package, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.

Why it matters: The data released Wednesday set the president and White House staff scrambling. Slowing down work on the massive tax-and-spending plan is against the fervent desire of the administration and House progressives.

With a limited number of legislative days left in the year, Manchin is content to focus on the issues that need to be addressed, Axios is told.

They include funding the government, raising the debt ceiling and passing the National Defense Authorization Act.